Amy Sandys-Lumsdaine is part of Seedballs Kenya, an exciting regeneration & reforestation intiative that is making a big impact in Kenya.  Recently featured in the BBC and Sir David Attenborough's ground breaking series, 'The Green Planet', Seedballs Kenya has distributed over 31,419,000 Seedballs since it began in September 2016. 

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Seedballs Kenya has pioneered a method of mass producing seedballs for low cost and efficient reintroduction of trees and grass species into degraded areas in Africa.

Seedballs are inexpensive and can be easily dispersed over large areas which are often hard to reach. Our indigenous seeds, supplied and certified by the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), are not treated or altered in any way.

 

Simply put, we are giving Mother Nature a helping hand by protecting the seeds from predators and sun until the appropriate natural environmental conditions trigger germination. 

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Direct seeding reduces transplant shock and helps the young trees grow stronger roots which inturn helps them grow into stronger trees.  We focus on the rehabilitation of land so damaged by man's activity that natural reforestation is unlikely or not possible at all.

 

Using seedballs, the reintroduction of tree species that have been partially or completely removed from their original environments is as natural a process as can be undertaken.  

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We assume the role of missing seed-producing 'Mother Trees' and leave nurture to nature.